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NIZKCTF: A Non-Interactive Zero-Knowledge Capture the Flag Platform

Cryptography and Security 2019-02-08 v3
Authors: Paulo Matias , Pedro Barbosa , Thiago Cardoso , Diego Mariano , Diego Aranha
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Abstract

Capture the Flag (CTF) competitions are increasingly important for the Brazilian cybersecurity community as education and professional tools. Unfortunately, CTF platforms may suffer from security issues, giving an unfair advantage to competitors. To mitigate this, we propose NIZKCTF, the first open-audit CTF platform based on non-interactive zero-knowledge proofs.

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@article{arxiv.1708.05844,
  title  = {NIZKCTF: A Non-Interactive Zero-Knowledge Capture the Flag Platform},
  author = {Paulo Matias and Pedro Barbosa and Thiago Cardoso and Diego Mariano and Diego Aranha},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1708.05844},
  year   = {2019}
}

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